Rijiju accuses UPA of cahooting with LeT on Ishrat Jahan case

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Kiren Rijiju, charged UPA working in tandem with the LeT on the Ishrat Jahan case.

Batla house encounter case, Rijiju claimed the Congress continued to indulge in politics.

MHA and LeT were working in tandem and it was disastrous for a country like India.

Kiren Rijiju

HIGHLIGHTS

Kiren Rijiju, charged UPA working in tandem with the LeT on the Ishrat Jahan case.

Batla house encounter case, Rijiju claimed the Congress continued to indulge in politics.

MHA and LeT were working in tandem and it was disastrous for a country like India.

IN his fiercest and most direct attack on the Congress, Kiren Rijiju, minister of state for Home on Friday, charged the previous government of working in tandem with the Lashkar-e-Taiba on the Ishrat Jahan case.

CONGRESS ,LeT WORK TOGETHER

"After the encounter, LeT conceded Ishrat Jahan was a martyr, but when a particular police officer was appointed to investigate the matter, the LeT suddenly announced they made an error and that Ishrat was not their cadre. See how coordinated MHA and LeT were.

MHA and LeT were working in tandem and it was disastrous for a country like India," Rijiju said in an exclusive interview to India Today. The young minister of state did not mince his words when he charged the UPA government with twisting investigations to suit a certain narrative of "saffron terror."

BJP GOVT FOLLOWS THE LAW

When asked whether the Narendra Modi government intends to probe the Batla House encounter, Malegaon blast or the Samjhauta investigations further, Rijiju insisted the government was strictly going by the book. "We have gone by the investigations conducted by the agencies and have left it to the courts to take a decision,'' he added.

On the Batla house encounter case, Rijiju claimed the Congress continued to indulge in politics, which was very demoralising for the security forces. "Digvijaya Singh (Cong General secretary) says it was a fake encounter and Shivraj Patil, the then home minister says it was genuine! One must never play politics with national security and counter-terror operations. It is demoralising for the security forces,'' he said.